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Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.
Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most
influenced by glory.
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We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most
influenced by glory.
[Lat., Trahimur omnes laudis studio, et optimus quisque maxime
gloria ducitur.]
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand
Solid pudding against empty praise.
Solid pudding against empty praise.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
